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"*"  = New
"+"  = Change
"-"  = Fix


--- What's new in Zoom Player v18 beta 4:
 

New :

  * The IPTV auto-updating EPG and Stream List downloads can now handle
    ".zip" and ".gz" archive URLs (e.g. "https://website.com/epg.zip").

  * New Filter EPG feature on the IPTV interface.

  * New IPTV setting (Adv. Options / Playback / IPTV) that controls the
    EPG font size.

  * New IPTV setting (Adv. Options / Playback / IPTV) to control whether
    the EPG filter checks program description or only the program's title.

  * New "Custom Action" button on the main window (near the top-left) that
    allows you to set any standard Zoom Player function to the button.
    
    By default this button opens the new IPTV interface.

  * New Setting (Adv. Options / Interface) that allows you to assign a
    function to the new "Custom Action" button.


Fixes :

  - The IPTV interface should feel a bit smoother (less flickering).

  - In the media library's category editor, specifying a category name
    containing unicode characters would not highlight the entry in
    the category list after clicking.

  - Media Title containing certain unicode characters (e.g. emoji) did
    not show when loading some playlist formats (m3u, asx, b4s, wpl).
	
	


--- What's new in Zoom Player v18 beta 3:
 

New :

  * The IPTV interface now supports automatically downloading stream lists
    and electronic program guide URLs every specified number of days.

  * IPTV Stream icons are now downloaded automatically.

  * New Setting (Adv. Options / Playback / IPTV) allowing you to control the
    Stream's icon size.

  * New Setting (Adv. Options / Playback / IPTV) allowing you to control
    whether the Stream's text is resized along with the icon size.

  * New Setting (Adv. Options / Playback / IPTV) to ignore grouping and just
    display the entire stream list.

  * New Settings (Adv. Options / Playback / IPTV) to customize the IPTV
    interface with your own color scheme.


Change :

  + If an IPTV stream list contains mixed information with some streams
    lacking a group specification, all such streams will now show under
    an "Unspecified" group. If only one or no groups are specified,
    grouping is disabled automatically.



--- What's new in Zoom Player v18 beta 2:
 

New :

  * A completely new IPTV (streaming live TV and VOD) interface (Adv. Options
    / Playback / IPTV) with support for EPG (Electronic Program Guide),
    Channel Grouping and many customization options.
    
    Some features (icons, automated EPG/M3U downloads, etc) are still a work
    in progress and are not part of this beta.

  * New setting (enabled by default) to automatically hide the control bar
    when clicking the video area, making it much easier to quickly hide
    the control bar.

  * You can now edit the last play time and date directly from the media
    library meta-data editor.


Fixes :

  - Using unicode characters in the ISO Auto-Mount command would not save
    the path properly after restarting Zoom Player.

  - The Advanced Options "System Sounds" and "Audio" sections did not scroll
    smoothly when using the scroll bar.
	
	


--- What's new in Zoom Player v18 beta 1:
 

New :

  * Two new settings (Adv. Options / Interface / Fullscreen Navigation /
    Customization) that allow you to override the poster image and backdrop
    for Movies and TV show categories.

    The backdrop setting is an easy override, just place a "backdrop.jpg" or
    "fanart.jpg" in the same folder and Zoom Player will use it automatically.

    Updating a movie poster image requires you enable the "Do not use scraped
    image as thumbnail / backdrop" setting for each of the media library's TV
    or Movie categories, otherwise the poster image will still use the scraped
    image (due to image-caching maintaining a copy of the old image) and then
    re-scrape the movie folder.